Archive for September 30th, 2008

  • Direct Sellers Strike Balance, Maybe Gold

    Chicago Tribune:
    Raking in more than six figures her first year in business, Jennifer Samuels isn’t your typical kitchen table entrepreneur. But then neither is her mother.

    Lemont’s Samuels, who is the sole provider for her family of five, and mother Debbie Rotkvich, a 17-year veteran direct seller from Burr Ridge who netted more than $3 million [...]

  • Direct Sales Businesses Boom As Economy Tightens

    LSJ.com:
    Diane Mayers, a single mother from Laingsburg, wanted to put her son through college.

    The challenge, as with many parents, was how to pay for it. Mayers’ solution was selling Tastefully Simple’s gourmet foods – something done mainly through home parties.
    Mayers started her direct sales stint with Alexandria, Minn.-based Tastefully Simple Inc. four years ago. Now, [...]